What goods are profitable for retailing.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.07.2009, 19:28

What type of goods are profitable to buy off players/the market and then sell in a store?

I think I read that Gas can be profitable to buy and then sell in a Gas Station, are there other products that can make a profit this way?

(even if it's only a slight profit

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Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.07.2009, 19:33

Coins are profitable

i made 3 billion in 1 day from selling 10 coins

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.07.2009, 19:40

PTY997 wrote:Coins are profitable i made 3 billion in 1 day from selling 10 coins

coins aren't goods, he meant products that you make.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.07.2009, 19:43

Jewelers, furniture stores, textile stores and a few more can show a profit.
How much profit depends on the size of youre stores and the price you have to pay for the merchandise.

I would imagine most of the bigger players have the majority of their slots filled with stores and factories so there must be profit to be made.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.07.2009, 20:05

Gas is nice, even if you don

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.07.2009, 20:19

Yeah, I meant actual Kapilands products, so coins are out.
I can't sell those in retail stores either

I'm not even looking for a huge profit as this will be a smaller 'side project' next to my main production line.
I'm not looking to produce, but I want to be pure retail on this 'side project'.

I don't have any stores right now, and I want to change that.

I like those numbers, jas2000.
Gas seems like a good idea.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.07.2009, 21:13

leather jackets and wardrobes too.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.07.2009, 21:58

I think I'll have a go at Gas for now.

Kapitools confuses me with the store size thingy, so I'll ask it here.
When selling at a reasonable price, how many gas can I sell per hour?

I'll be working with 20m

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 19.07.2009, 23:03

This is how I calculate that:

If you have a 20 m2 store you will be able to fill your store with 1000 gas units.

I find that if you calculate each gas unit as being worth 25 +1Q and then add another 16 to 17 caps to the figure it will be all sold in around 24 hours.

So,that makes around 41.6 gas sold per hour if I am not mistaken.

Gas Q0 would be 25 + 17= 42 caps sellingprice,
42 x 1000=42000 caps in 24 hours.

42000/24=1750 caps turnover an hour.
Profit =708,3 an hour.
Roughly.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 20.07.2009, 02:27

When your store is full your price should sell out in:
Textile Stores: 5 to 7 days
Gas Stations: 18 to 24 hours
Furiture Stores: 48 hours (2 days)
Car Dealers: 10 days (currect me if I am wrong as it may be more.)
Jeweleries: 7 to 10 days

My main business on Realm 1 is Pullovers. However, my side business in Jewelery retailing. When the supply is there profits are great. But the supply isn't always easy to maintain. Gas would probably be a much better deal for you as supply is easy to get and your extra income would be steady.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 20.07.2009, 11:04

Azer, I always sell my gas the way you say: full shop in around 24 hours.
But would you please take a look at this link? http://www.forum.kapilands.com/viewtopic.php?t=19957

And tell me what you think about it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 20.07.2009, 11:56

as far as i remember from when i had gas pumps optimal profit was at 48h cycle

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 20.07.2009, 14:40

You guys helped a lot.

Thanks.

One very important part of those calculations is the fact that you need to be fully advertised, though

It would take like 108 hours for 1000 gas to sell at 42

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 20.07.2009, 15:17

Interesting thread this

I have a question for Greed....

I use Knoll's (spelling) formula for finding optimum selling price. How does time affect this ?

If it's simply a question of getting the most from your store. Then once the optimum price is found would it not be best to max your store ?

And another store related question
If you load your store for a week and leave it a week till all is sold, are the goods in the store affected by daily sup/dem, avg price, avg Q fluctuations ?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 20.07.2009, 15:20

I don't think they are affected by daily fluctuations. It is only when you put it in that i think any of that counts. As i have not seen any change in my sales anyways. But i am not really an expert at this either.